Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?

123 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 4
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 4 27 11 10/18/96 – 5/2/97
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 4 27 16 1/31/97 – 8/1/97
R&R Pop CHR 4 25 13 2/14/97 – 8/1/97
Billboard Hot 100 8 21 7 4/12/97 – 8/30/97
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 32 7 3 4/19/97 – 5/31/97
R&R Adult Contemporary 27 16 7 5/9/97 – 9/5/97

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

27 weeks, 10/18/96 to 5/2/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

27 weeks, 1/31/97 to 8/1/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

25 weeks, 2/14/97 to 8/1/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

21 weeks, 4/12/97 to 8/30/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

7 weeks, 4/19/97 to 5/31/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

16 weeks, 5/9/97 to 9/5/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Tallest is No. 1, and the height is scaled by how many places the chart ran to that week, so No. 30 on a top-30 is the floor and No. 30 on a top-50 is the middle. A green column is a bulleted week — on the airplay charts, airplay gained; on the Hot 100, among the week’s greatest airplay and sales gains — which is not the same as a rise, so a green column can sit lower than the one before it. Weeks at the peak carry their position in red. A run longer than the page scrolls sideways; no week is left out of the drawing.